Literary Terms
What is the term for the intended target group for a message?
What is an Audience?
What is the reason an author writes about a particular topic?
What is author's purpose?
What is the term for the time and place in which a narrative occurs?
What is setting?
What is the term for the basic unit of a play that consists of dialogue and action?
What is an act?
What term describes language that is layered with meaning, often using imagery?
What is figurative language?
What term refers to the main character in a story, often facing challenges and driving the plot forward?
What does an author use to make their writing effective through intentional patterns and choices?
What is author's craft?
This refers to the series of events that lead to the climax of a story.
What is rising action?
This is a subdivision of an act that typically focuses on a specific event or scene.
What is a scene?
This literary device gives human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
What is the atmosphere or feeling created by a writer in a literary work?
What is mood?
This term refers to the editing stage when a text is corrected for mechanics and grammar.
What is editing?
What do we call the final part of the plot where the story is concluded?
What is resolution?
What are the items used on stage to enhance the setting and help tell the story?
What are props?
What is a comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"?
What is a metaphor?
This term describes the method an author uses to create a character.
What is characterization?
What term describes an author’s unique style and expression in writing, characterized by their choice of words and sentence structure?
What is voice
This aspect of a character is revealed through their actions and thoughts.
What is indirect characterization?
These are descriptions or instructions in a script that provide information about characters actions and location on stage.
What are stage directions?
This term refers to language intended to evoke emotions or sensations beyond the literal meaning.
What is imagery?
What do we call the basic sequence of events in a story?
What is plot?
What do we call the lines spoken between characters in a play?
What is dialogue?
What is the central or universal idea of a literary work?
What is theme?
What is the term for a written work intended for performance, including dialogue and stage directions?
What is a script?
This type of comparison uses "like" or "as" to show similarities.
What is a simile?